Croomia

<i>Croomia</i>

Croomia

Genus of flowering plants

Croomia is a genus of primitive angiosperm herbs in the Stemonaceae family, first described as a genus in 1840.[2][3]

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Taxonomy

Once included in its own family, Croomiaceae, Croomia has also previously been included in Dioscoreaceae.[4]

Subdivision

About six species.[1]

Distribution and habitat

Croomia is native to China, Japan, and the southeastern United States.[1] The plants grow in moist, shady woods. Their small flowers are borne beneath the leaves.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Torrey, John. 1840. A flora of North America :containing abridged descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing north of Mexico, arranged according to the natural system 1(4): 663 in English
  3. [3]
    Tropicos, Croomia Torr.
  4. [4]
    Dahlgren & Clifford 1982.
  5. [5]
    Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Croomia pauciflora
  6. [6]
    Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 467 Croomia pauciflora (Nuttall) Torrey in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 663. 1840.
  7. [7]
    Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 72 黄精叶钩吻属 huang jing ye gou wen shu Croomia Torrey in Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 663. 1840.

Bibliography

  • Dahlgren, Rolf; Clifford, H. T. (1982). The monocotyledons: A comparative study. London and New York: Academic Press.
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